Electric scissors



A. LUCICH ELECTRIC SCISSORS Filed April 22, 1927 Nov. 25, 1930.

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Anion Lucich Nov. 25, 1930. A. LUCICH 1,782,473

' ELECTRIC SCISSORS Filed April 22. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 L i .Qwoento'vPatented Nov. 25, 1930 U N I ,gp;

STATES PAT -"OFF E ANTON micron, on ST; Lou s, ,MI ssonnr ELECTRICscissors 1 Application filed April 22,

The present invention has reference to bara the device to the end thatthe combing and cutting operation may be accomplished with one hand ofthe operator.

to provide a device of this character which may be readily and easilycleaned and oiled,

to the end that the device may be kept sanitary at all times. 4

Withthe foregoing and other objects in View which Will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing vice.

from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a device constructed inaccordance with the invention, a portion of the cover being broken away.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device, the

upper portion of the gear housing being shown in section.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1. a

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken through the comb and stationary bladeof the de- Figure 5 is a sectiona lview taken on line manner of securingthe comb to the body portion of the device. V

Referring to the drawings indetail, the

in position. 7

1927. Serial at. 185,891.

device includes, a body portion indicated gen erally bythereferencecharacter 5, the body portion being hollow and formed with a lateralcurved extension 6 defining a gear housing for the main theshaft8. H

This gear receives motion from the worm 9 formedon the shaft 10 whichhasone end thereof operating in a h'earing'formed in the bearingblock 11that also; forms apart of the body portion. The opposite end of theshaft 10 is'enlarged as at 12, and ispjrovic'led with gear 7 thatissupported on p a bore in its extremity, the borebeing ofthe key holetype toacommodate one endof the V frilexibleqshaft 18that operates inthebearing A still further object of the inventionis l4. This bearingl'lis formed with an openthroughan openinginthe sleeve 16, which formed in;theextension 17. formed in the body portion. i

Operating positioned in a threaded opening ofthe extension 17,-the screwbeing designed-to tension the spring and cause the pinto be seatedlinthe opening of the bearing to hold the bearing to accommodate the pin 15that is passed 1 against the spring is a screw 18 As clearly shown byFigure 2.;of the drawings, the bodyjpoition is formedwith a lat- ,erallyextended blade 19 which is disposed j at an obliqueangle with respect tothe lower edge of the body portion to the end that the device maybeconveniently handled.

Cooperating with the blade,19{ is a movable blade 20 formed at oneend ofthe arm 21 which isformed with an opening to receive ithe! pivot pin 22that extends through the sleeve 23 and has one end positioned in the,threadedopening 23 of the body portion, =there beingprovidedaleafspring 24 for contacting with the blade 20 to exert a pressure on the,blade 20,.to compensate for wear be- :tweentheblades so that the movableblade will be held in operativerelation with the stationaryblade 19 atall times.

Theinner end ofthe arm 21 is forked as at 25 andpositionedaround the pin26 carried by the gear 7, to the end that as the gear is rotated, as bymeans of the worm 9, shaft 10 and flexible shaft 13, themovableblade 20will be moved vertically setting up a shearing action with thestationary blade 19 to accomplish the purpose of the invention.

Associated with the blades, is a removable guard embodying a comb 27that extends at an oblique angle with respect to the bar 28 of theguard, to the end that the comb may be moved through the hair, theblades cutting the hair extending beyond the comb.

w This guard is provided with an extension 29 that is fitted in anopening formed in the boss 30 that extends from the sides of the bodyportion, there being provided a set screw 31 extending through theenlargement and contacting with the extension 29 to hold the extensionand guard forming a part thereof in its active position with respect tothe blades.

As illustrated by Figure 1, the housing has its wall formed with arecess defining a shoulder 32 on which the removable cover 33 rests, theremovable cover being secured by means of set screws 34;, to the endthat the cover may be readily and'easily removed and the 25 interior ofthe device readily cleaned and oilecL It mightbe further stated that thecover also bears against the ends of the spring 24, to hold the spring2a in position.

30 From the foregoing it will be seen that when power from a suitablemotor, is applied to the flexible shaft 13, the shaft 10 will beoperated to rotate the gear 7 which inturn will operate the arm 2-1vandblade 20 carried 36 at one end thereof, so that the device will be movedthrough the hair to cut or trim the hair.

I claim: In mechanical scissors, a body portion in- 40 eluding ahousing, a gear mounted in the housing, bearings in the housing, a shafthaving its ends mounted in the bearings and having a worm formedthereon, said worm meshing with the gear to rotate the gear, one end ofthe housing extending at an oblique angle and providing a stationaryblade, a pivoted blade, a pivot pin on which the latter blade ismounted, one end of the pivoted blade extending into the housing, meansfortra'nsmit- 50 ting movement of the gear to thepi voted blade, a bowedspring member having its ends fitted in recesses in the housing, thebowed portion of the spring engaging thepivot pin to hold the pin inposition, a cover plate for the housing, and adapted to engage thespring member to hold the spring member under tension, and aflexibleshaft positionedin one end of the first mentioned shaft totransmit movement thereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

ANTON LUOIGH.

